Looking at Erson who was bowing and saluting, Guilliman stretched out his hand to help him up.
Then he pointed at the figures sitting in the front row of Chapel, and the sound of them whispering and talking quietly could even be heard in his ears.
"Erson, are these people Astartes made by Men of Iron?"
Erson did not mean to hide it but nodded silently.
This made Guilliman hesitate.
Looking at his brother's weird expression, Jaghatai keenly noticed that there might be something wrong, and immediately asked.
"Guilliman?"
"I once said that Men of Iron sent a Macragge's Honour to Space Wolves, but you don't know. The Macragge's Honour reserves that Space Wolvess received are fully loaded, including the Gene-seed warehouse."
Vulkan's eyes flickered.
"You mean, Men of Iron has already had the ability to manufacture Gene-seed? They may have been doing this for a long time?"
Attendant Servitor, who was standing aside, suddenly took a step forward.
"Correction, we are not manufacturing Gene-seed, but simply copying the composition of Gene-seed and reproducing this biomass material. Our data records not only contain the genetic combination of Roboute Guilliman, but also yours."
Saying Attendant Servitor pointed at Lion El'Jonson, Vulkan and Jaghatai.
"Not long ago, we once again controlled a potential threat for Imperium. In Ultima Segmentum, we captured Emperor's Children's rebellious chief Apothecary--Fabius Bayer, and eliminated all of his subordinates' rebellious Astartes and biochemical creations."
"We obtained some information from Fabius's memory. And obtained a special Gene-seed named "Alpha Primus". This item is the secret Astartes Attendant he obtained from Archmagos Belisarius Cawl Items forcibly stolen from Alpha Primus's body."
"According to Fabius's research, Gene-seed of Alpha Primus contains many combinations of Primarch's gene fragments. Its Gene-seed is most likely an accidental product, and even Fabius has not been able to replicate this extremely complex biomass material."
"But this kind of seed can greatly enhance Psychic Power's talent. It is also extremely resistant to Warp pollution."
"Following the instructions of Master Intelligence Core, we cloned this particular Gene-seed and experimentally began building biological components to meet the needs."
Listening to Attendant Servitor's words, Lion El'Jonson's eyes narrowed into slits and he looked at Guilliman strangely.
Even Vulkan turned his attention to his brother.
Among the recalled Chapter Progeny, some Progeny appeared in strange states after being injected with Panacea.
Almost all of these Chapter were initiated and formed by Cawl during the Second Founding era.
It is precisely for this reason that Vulkan questioned Guilliman about the whereabouts of Cawl. This behavior can almost be called blasphemy against Primarch.
Everyone knows that the relationship between Cawl and Guilliman is extraordinary.
But Guilliman was also horrified, and even felt an inexplicable sense of uneasiness.
He had seen the special Astartes guard who followed Cawl.
Cawl did introduce Alpha Primus to him.
But he didn't know that this prototype, which didn't look much different from Primaris Space Marine, was so special.
In fact, the entire Primaris Astartes plan originated from the unexpected product of Cawl.
Before Guilliman was injured and fell asleep, he gave Cawl many rights and ordered Cawl to develop the next generation of Astartes warriors.
Sangprimus Portum was personally handed over to Cawl by Guilliman, and was studied repeatedly.
Cawl hopes to create a true super Gene-seed that can resist or even be immune to the corruption of Chaos, and whose physical fitness can comprehensively surpass the older generation Astartes.
However this is too difficult.
During the long years of research, he marveled at the wisdom of Emperor countless times.
Finally, a special seed was created by accident.
Cawl artificially cultivated an absolutely suitable life form for this seed and cultivated it to grow.
The final product is Alpha Primus.
After conducting reverse research on Alpha Primus, Cawl cultivated three new organs of Primaris Surgery.
Belisarian Furnace, chant pineal gland and tendon coil.
But according to Fabius's memory, when he peeled off Gene-seed from Alpha Primus's body, he discovered that there were several organs in the other party's body that were different from Primaris Astartes's and had unknown functions.
Obviously Cawl has not studied and understood what kind of wealth and treasure this unique individual has.
For this reason, Fabius even specially spared Alpha Primus's life.
After all, judging from the technology revealed by this experimental product, Cawl will definitely save this precious creation.
This unique individual is too rare. If there is a chance, Fabius still wants to study this living entity.
But Fabius didn't expect that he would become Men of Iron's prisoner.
"Okay, let's worry about Cawl's matter later. I believe Guilliman will give a clear result."
"But right now we have more important things."
"Why are Men of Iron building Astartes Psyker? What exactly are they trying to serve as biological components for?"
Jaghatai knows very well that things about Cawl will not be clear for a while, and it will take time.
Based on his understanding of Guilliman, his brother will give the answer to this matter, and the focus right now is what exactly Men of Iron is going to do.
After hearing Jaghatai's words, the three of them gradually turned their eyes from each other back to Attendant Servitor who had just spoken.
"This machine can answer your questions directly."
"Due to the fact that the Asian Spatial Energy body or Chaos Daemons has repeatedly attacked and obstructed Men of Iron's plan, severely hindered operations and interfered with the execution of the agreement, we are about to launch an offensive in the master control core's plan."
"Following the naming style of Imperium, we call it Punitive Expedition. Its plan is to travel through Eye of Terror, enter Deep Warp, pursue traces of specific sub-Spatial Energy bodies, and try to completely destroy the opponent."
"Based on the weird characteristics of sub-Spatial Energy creatures, large-scale battles require specific weapons, equipment and energy."
"In order to reserve more combat units to attack Chaos Daemons as soon as possible, the main control core proposed an exchange agreement."
"But the number of fifty service members is indeed too scarce. For this reason, we must find possible ways on our own to deal with the problem of insufficient weapons reserves."
Attendant Servitor's words stunned all the visitors.
The four Primarch were stunned.
What did we just hear?
Punitive Expedition? Men of Iron punish Daemon? Enter Eye of Terror?
What a ghost story is this.
However, after the brief shock, Jaghatai suddenly spoke.
"If possible, can Progeny and I join the Punitive Expedition army?"